First US Return of the King for auction at Swann Galleries, Nov 17 2020
12 Nov, 2020
2020-11-12 4:33:58 AM UTC
2020-11-12 4:33:58 AM UTC
Swann Galleries has a copy of the first impression Return of the King up for auction in their Fine Books & Manuscripts auction on Nov 17, 2020 at 12:00PM ET - Sale 2551
Lot 234 - JRR Tolkien, The Return of the King 1st US
Estimate: $400 - $600 [Editor's note - seems a bit high to me]
Lot 234 - JRR Tolkien, The Return of the King 1st US
8vo, publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt, slight lean; unclipped dust jacket, fold corners nicked, head and foot of spine panel with small chips and short closed tears with associated creasing, lightly rubbed; contents including folding map clean and unmarked. First American edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956
Estimate: $400 - $600 [Editor's note - seems a bit high to me]
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